Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Cambridge/Federalsburg

Job Summary : The Psychiatrist contributes to the successful achievement of the Choptank Community Health System (CCHS) mission and strategic vision by providing their unique clinical expertise to our Behavioral Health service line, including Psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication prescribing, medication management, and coordinating with CCHS’s other health service lines to ensure holistic patient-centered care, and helping to build a culture of clinical excellence and continuous performance improvement. This position requires clinical expertise in providing behavioral health services to indigent populations and working community settings. They should also have strong clinical, problem-solving, and communication skills. This is an exempt, full-time position in pay grade 10 with the pay range of $110,654.00 - $165,981.00. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner reports directly to the Chief Clinical Officer. 

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Understanding of CCHS’ mission and culture and the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with staff and clients in all circumstances.
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive and supportive attitude toward the CCHS organization, staff, and behavioral health program success.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to relate well with people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Basic computer skills include the ability to prepare simple correspondence and reports in Microsoft Word and summarize data in Excel spreadsheets.
• Bilingual in Spanish and or Creole a plus

Education and Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Minimum of four (4) years of related psychiatric clinical nursing experience in addition to training as PMHNP.
• MD Board certified or board eligible
• Buprenorphine prescription privileges (preferred)
• At least 2 years of responsibility in providing behavioral health services with a non-profit behavioral health agency, FQHC, or outpatient medical facility.
• Experience and confidence identifying and implementing evidence-based practice.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• General office environment in clinical health centers
• Occasional travel 
• Frequent exposure to workplace conditions includes bending, climbing stairs, walking, kneeling, and reaching. 
• Includes fine and gross motor skills, lifting less than 20 pounds, and vision.
• Occasional exposure to workplace conditions includes air borne pathogens, blood borne pathogens and cleaning agents.

Standards of Behavior: 

• Commitment To Service 
• Respect 
• Quality  
• Teamwork 
• Patient Focus 
• Integrity  
• Accountability 
• Caring & Compassion  
• Professionalism  
• Listening & Responding 
• Safety  
• AIDET

Job Related Competencies:

• Attention to Detail - The ability to process detailed information effectively and consistently.
• Problem Solving- Identifies and analyzes problems weighing the relevance and accuracy of available information. Generates and evaluates alternative solutions and makes effective and timely decisions.
• Communicates Effectively- Developing and delivering multi-mode communication that conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Values And Ethics - Serving with integrity and respect in personal and organizational practices. Ensuring decisions and transactions are transparent and fair.
• Time Management- The ability to effectively manage one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

Commitment to Community: 

Choptank Community Health System (CCHS) is committed to creating a safe and open healthcare environment that improves health outcomes and values and respects the unique experiences and perspectives of both patients and staff by: 

• Prioritizing access for all individuals;
• Offering ongoing training for staff to promote health awareness, preventive measures and early detection for the varied patient population on the Eastern Shore;
• Actively engaging with patients, families and staff;
• Fostering a workplace culture in which everyone is treated with dignity.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Clinical Responsibilities: oversees the provision of medical behavioral health services.
  1. Oversees medical behavioral health services provided to patients by the staff of CCHS.
     • Assures that all patients receive appropriate mental health medication evaluation, and treatment and that care is appropriately documented in the electronic medical record.
     • Participates in treatment team activities, including the review of patient treatment plans.
     • Oversees the prescription, direction, and administration of medications to CCHS patients for mental health disorders.
     • Ensures appropriate medication management.
     • Creates, assists, maintains, modifies, and implements clinical policies related to medical behavioral health services.
     • Ensures that professionals and facilities used for patient referrals meet the applicable standards of care.
     • Participates in the CCHS Provider Council
     • Serves as a super-user of the CCHS electronic health record.
  2. Performs direct medical services for patients. 
     • Performs behavioral health medication assessment services, documents appropriate medication treatment in patients’ treatment plans, is responsible for ongoing oversight of the patient’s medication prescribing and medication management and provides behavioral health medication consultation for Primary Care Providers.
     • Performs duties using the CCHS electronic health record including but not limited to documentation of patient encounters, meaningful use, patient self-management goals, closing of patient encounters and review of patient laboratory data.
• Administrative Responsibilities: 
  • Creates and maintains a culture of excellence and continual performance improvement in clinical care.
  • Fosters a culture of excellence and continuous performance improvement in clinical care. 
  • Helps establish a close working partnership between the behavioral health team and CCHS’s non-behavioral health providers.
  • Fosters internal buy-in and positive cultural change around CCHS’s integration of behavioral health services.
  • Creates strategies that provide for seamless integration of behavioral health services.
  • Assists in the hiring of behavioral health providers, including psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners.
• Regular, reliable attendance is a requirement of this job.

Benefits: 

• Tuition and education assistance
• Certification scholarships available 
• Paid holidays (9) 
• Flexible paid time off and vacation scheduling
• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Referral program
• Employee wellness program
• Discretionary Bonuses

Choptank Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital or family status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.